The TL;DR fashion review: Strong collection, emotional and thought-provoking.
LONDON — A catwalk star was bornGrace Wales Bonner debuted her collection in London on Friday, at London Collections: Men.
The designer drew inspiration from African slavery. Entitled “Spirituals,” the collection was about black spirituality at its core.
“Spirituals are choral harmonies sung by African slaves in the United States,” she explained in her show notes. “Communal practices of song and dance invoked the sacred as a means to defy corporal suffering and escape into the spirit.”
